Troubled pasts (a Horrorlust story)

The cold room

Warning: contains slight gore.

Third person POV
Dave watched as his henchmen carried the hogtied debtor into the loading bay, his henchmen slammed him into the floor, causing a loud thud to echo the building. Dave slowly approached him.

"I assume you know why you're here? Your 'rent' is due." Dave spoke in a clear deep voice.

All the debtor could respond with was muffled screams, Dave ripped off the tape from his mouth.

"P-please forgive me! I-I can get the money I just need a little more time!

Dave pulled out a knife while the henchmen prevented the debtor tried to roll away but he froze after feeling the blade lightly pressed on his neck.

"You know the rules, if you miss out on the deadline, you miss out on seeing tomorrow"

"Please...I...I have a family" his loud calls for help earlier we're reduced to quiet pleads for mercy.

"...well, you better tell your wife that she's becoming a widow."

Dave pressed the sharp end into his neck, getting ready to go for the kill.

"Wait please no no no no-..."

Dave slashed the blade across his neck creating a spurting waterfall of blood spilling all over the floor.

"Anything else?"

The response from the debtor was only gurgling sounds followed by collapsing onto the floor.

"Thought so, put him in the hatch"

The next morning

Lusts POV
As I rushed out of horrors room I felt loads of different emotions at once, I made a friend but what do I do now? I've never had a friend without benefits, what do friends do? Do we have inside jokes and secret handshakes? I don't know how to do a secret handshake!

My train of thought was quickly lost after I noticed some mysterious stains in the loading bay, as I got closer it looked like the floor was covered with red marks. Was there a murder?!

"O-okay lust, um I-it's probably just...um j-jam, yes it's just jam" I grabbed my trusty mop and bucket and surprisingly it didn't work, I tried again but they still wouldn't go. I saw Dave in the supply closet looking at a hatch in the floor so I decided to go and ask him about this, as I got closer he saw me and rapidly tried to close the lid.

"O-oh hey liam, what are doing? Wait what happened to your head?"

"I slipped, listen I just came to ask you about some weird red stains in the loading bay"

After I said that he rushed past me and looked at them, he seemed worried after he saw them.

"Um I-I'll take care of it, go to the employee lounge"

"But I-"

"Just go!"

I rushed out of there as quick as I could, the last thing I wanted was to make him mad.